Rear Window (1954)
| Release Date | 01 August 1954 |
| Budget | $1,000,000 |
| US Box Office | $24,000,000 |
| Tagline | Through his rear window and the eye of his powerful camera he watched a great city tell on itself, expose its cheating ways...and Murder! |
| Genre | Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Romantic Mystery, Psychological Thriller |
| Mood | Nail-biters |
| Themes | Voyeurs, Witnessing a Crime, Amateur Sleuths |
| Tones | Claustrophobic, Tense, Menacing, Wry, Stylish |
| Tags | Amateur Detective, Camera, Girlfriend, Injury, Invalid, Murder, Neighbor, Photojournalist, Voyeur, Wheelchair, Window, Witness |
Rear Window is a 1954 American suspense film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, written by John Michael Hayes and based on Cornell Woolrich's 1942 short story "It Had to Be Murder". Originally released by Paramount Pictures, the film stars James Stewart as a photographer who spies on his neighbors while recuperating from a broken leg; Grace Kelly as his girlfriend; Thelma Ritter as his nurse; Wendell Corey as a police detective; and Raymond Burr as one of the neighbors.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Judith Evelyn
Miss Lonelyhearts
Sara Berner
Wife living above Thorwalds
Jesslyn Fax
Sculpting neighbor with hearing aid
Rand Harper
Newlywed man
Irene Winston
Mrs. Anna Thorwald
Havis Davenport
Newlywed woman
Alan Lee
Newlyweds' landlord
Benny Bartlett
Man with Miss Torso
Fred Graham
Detective
Harry Landers
Man with Miss Lonelyheart
Iphigenie Castiglioni
Woman with bird
Ralph Smiley
Carl, waiter from 21
Len Hendry
Policeman
Mike Mahoney
Policeman
Jerry Antes
Dancer with Miss Torso
Barbara Bailey
Choreographer with Miss Torso
Nick Borgani
Minor Role
James Cornell
Minor Role
Don Dunning
Detective
Art Gilmore
Radio announcer, Trailer narrator
Jonni Paris
Sunbather
Jack Stoney
Ice Man
Director
Writer
Cornell Woolrich
John Michael Hayes
Producer
James C. Katz
producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
Robert Burks
Editor
Art Director
J. McMillan Johnson
Hal Pereira
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Set Decorator
Sam Comer
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Ray Moyer
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Makeup Department
Wally Westmore
makeup supervisor
Production Manager
C.O. Erickson
unit production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Herbert Coleman
assistant director
Art Department
Dorothea Holt
illustrator
Gene Lauritzen
construction coordinator
Sound Department
John Cope
sound recordist
Harry Lindgren
sound recordist
Harry E. Snodgrass
sound editor
Richard LeGrand Jr.
supervising sound editor
Loren L. Ryder
sound recording mixer
Samuel Webb
assistant sound editor: 1998 restoration
Special Effects
Visual Effects
Scott Dougherty
digital restoration producer: Cinesite
Jerry Pooler
digital restoration supervisor
Irmin Roberts
special visual effects
Tiffany Smith
digital restoration coordinator: Cinesite
Stunts
Fred Graham
stunt detective
Ted Mapes
stunts
Camera and Electrical Department
William Schurr
camera operator
Leonard J. South
assistant camera
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Editorial Department
Richard Mueller
color consultant: Technicolor
Jeff Smithwick
color timer: Technicolor
Music Department
Ray Evans
composer: song "Mona Lisa"
Other Crew
Robert A. Harris
1998 reconstruction and restoration
James C. Katz
film restoration producer: 1998
Bob Landry
technical advisor
Production Company
Paramount Pictures
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Patron Inc.
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Distributor
Paramount Pictures
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Les Films Paramount
Paramount Pictures International
Paramount
National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
Universal Pictures
Cinema International Corporation (C.I.C.)
USA Films
Universal Pictures
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Victor Entertainment
Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures Benelux
Seven Films
CIC Vídeo
MCA Home Video
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MCA/Universal Home Video
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Universal Home Entertainment
Universal Home Video
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An Elastic Affair (1930)
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Blackmail (1929)
Bon Voyage (1944)
Champagne (1928)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
Easy Virtue (1928)
Elstree Calling (1930)
Family Plot (1976)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Frenzy (1972)
High Anxiety (1977)
I Confess (1953)
Jamaica Inn (1939)
Marnie (1964)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
Murder! (1930)
North by Northwest (1959)
Notorious (1946)
Number 13 (1922)
Number 17 (1932)
Psycho (1960)
Rear Window
Rebecca (1940)
Rope (1948)
Sabotage (1936)
Saboteur (1942)
Secret Agent (1936)
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Spellbound (1945)
Stage Fright (1950)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Strauss' Great Waltz (1934)
Suspicion (1941)
The 39 Steps (1935)
The Birds (1963)
The Farmer's Wife (1928)
The Girl Was Young (1937)
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
The Manxman (1929)
The Paradine Case (1947)
The Pleasure Garden (1925)
The Ring (1927)
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